I never had my bed under a window as a kid, because I thought that a burglar would break into the house by diving headfirst through the window, showering me with broken glass. As if that would be the best, stealthiest way for an intruder to invade a suburban household.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the moon lived on top of our house because I could always see it from the window.— Classic NYer
- When I was little I thought a widow was someone who stares at you through a windowAnon
- I thought the white circles you see when looking at a bright window were what atoms of air look like.— H.
- My mom used to tell us kids that if you put your arm out of the car window,that it would fall off.— Kathy G.
- At the age of about 5, I thought that any man carrying a bag/sack over his shoulder was a burglar.— Police officer, Ola.
- I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
— Cyn